Monday, May 05, 2008

Showers and flowers

These are the invites I made for my friend Julie's baby shower that I hosted here on Saturday. I printed the card stock first then cut little fabric ovals, cut about a 1/4 of them out for the buggy shape and stitched them down to the card. Then I glued the buttons on for wheels.

I received lots of rsvps that were accompanied by squeals over the invites, so I highly recommend the process should you find yourself hosting a baby shower...or an announcement would be charming too. Weird. I never managed to do anything at all clever when having babies, just long afterwards now for other people. I know lots of moms who both have the baby and correspond in ridiculously adorable ways regarding the baby. I never managed a knack for both at the same time. I have however given birth faster than I glued on all those buttons. That's a knack, I suppose.

I sprinkled the house and patio with these "belly blossoms" before the guests arrived. I thought they evoked a sweet little in-womb view.

The day also proved to be a perfect excuse to buy this gorgeous girl-pink hydrangea when I was at Whole Foods picking up dinner Friday night. Not that I need an excuse, but I'm just sayin' - there was a real reason to buy it. Which always feels good.

114 comments:

I love your idea of putting the blooms inside the glasses! And your invites were very, very cute! And very YOU! I'm not sure how others get so creative also when they are pregnant or have newborns! I spent all of my time focused just on them! I'm sure your friend greatly appreciated the party and I hope her delivery goes very easily! The pink hydrangea is gorgeous too... wow.

Good grief. I think I just ovulated. You would think after 4 babies, I'd have more resistance, but just thinking of baby buggies and wombs and sweet anticipation... sigh. You made a lovely shower for your friend. I am sure there were more squeals of delight throughout the day.

What a beautiful thing you did for your friend! You have such great talent and know how to use it. I will remember those baby buggy invites for future use:) I caught your interview on Craft Sanity, I loved it!

Hi Anna, Amazingly cute ideas! I too am hosting a baby shower in a couple months, so the ideas are something I so appreciate!...Love the invites, but the carnations in the wine glasses.....LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Have a happy little week!...Heidi :)

Thank you so much for naming this plant! I've been trying to remember its name for about two weeks, ever since I received my Kaffe Fassett Verbena Cobalt in the post - I'm sure it represents hydrangea. It's been bothering me so much. Thanks! Polly x x x

Those are darling. Not that you have the time at the moment but Parents Magazine is having some sort of "baby announcement" contest for an upcoming magazine (you can find details at their blog, i think it's called goody goody). Anyway, if you had time, you should totally enter these and win whatever it is you might win!!

Anna! these invites are so darling :) My husband and I are expecting (honeymoon baby practically!!) and after doing our own wedding invitations, this could be a really fun project for our baby announcements :) yay! Thank you for the inspiration. i love buttons too. and the little flower "belly" idea is darling too. I love the silliness and fun you can have with baby showers.

Ingenious cut. Though most of all I like your blue doors, yellow lantern and pink flowers. I have received my copy of ME's mag. I am so pleased you are getting that publicity! Thank you for brightening up my design trips!

I adore those sweet invitations. I also wanted to let you know that I got a couple of bolts of Drawing Room in and I LOVE them. I have them up in my shop www.phatfabric.com and I plan to make some Pretty Ditty aprons out the beautiful fabric as well. You did an amazing job with the designs.

Oh how adorable! (And perfect timing this Mother's Day weekend!) Blessings to you this special day--thanks for mothering us all with your generous shares and YUMMY products and projects. I was looking at your flicker photos on Thursday and was inspired by your CRAZY 9 PATCH quilt to make one for my stepdaughter...cannot wait to finish it (top is done! go me!) Next are some aprons using CHOCOLATE LOLLIPOP I've been hoarding...and hen I want every stick of furniture recovered in the DRAWING ROOM LINE! GUSH GUSH GUSH!

hi I'm over here in Ireland and baby showers are unheard of. and so naturally, there are no baby shower invites in the shops! But I'm planning one for my Irish friend (I'm American), so maybe I can reduplicate this? Any tips?

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Hey, you have a great blog here! You really are very talented and deserve an honest compliment, congratulations. Your blog is absolutely one of my favorites. Love all the templates you find and all your own fabulous ideas.

These invitations are ADORABLE! I will attempt to make them for an upcoming baby shower. I'll share a tip for attaching the buttons - use "ZOTS". They are clear, adhesive dots which come in a small box. You can find them at most craft stores with the scrapbook adhesives. They save lots of time! Thanks for sharing!!! ;)

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